Even though last week was the official Warren Wilson College Homecoming, this weekend has felt like more of an authentic coming home.
After spending the day with good friends Lauren and Ron, I popped into the WWC Theatre for another smash-hit directed by Ron and featuring - among some other talented faces - Lauren. Ron and I spoke afterwards about how a challenging role in Shakespeare can often be the task someone needs to thrust them into a new level of acting. My thought on it was that you can get away with doing a mediocre job in some acting roles (faking it until you make it), but if you were to take on, for example, King Lear, you have got to do it well, or you ought to not do it at all. Because you can't do a mediocre Lear, it is just going to be BAD. The cast of WWC's The Winter's Tale did not disappoint.
Beyond that, there was road biking on a crisp Autumn afternoon with Art Shuster, and passing time with Phil, Lateef, Lexy, and others. Again, a nice homecoming.
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Hah, glad to see you're back on the blogging wagon, Ryan. I do check periodically. Maybe it's a Nabholz thing. Here's a book I just enjoyed and you may, too, particularly given your upcoming commitments. You'll only find it in hardcover as it was just released. It's really quite fantastic. "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind" by William Kamkwamba.
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